Chris Czekaj

Much like Blues Director of Rugby Mike Rayer, Czekaj, 32, began playing rugby for his home town club Llandaff and then went on make over 130 appearances for the Cardiff Blues.

Chris has been capped internationally in every Wales age group, from U16s to U21s until gaining his first senior cap, as well as a try, against Canada in June 2005. Despite suffering a broken leg during the second test match against Australia in 2007, Chris spent the next year recovering and rehabilitating before going on to collect a total of nine international honours.

Moving to Goldington Road helped Czekaj to fall back in love with rugby following a difficult stint in France and he let his feet do the talking on the pitch with a memorable hat-trick against Nottingham being a season highlight in 2017/18.